This is an analysis of the poem Come O'Er The Sea that begins with:

Come o'er the sea,
Maiden with me, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbCCBddAAbCCB aaebbeffAAbCCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 1001 1111111 1011 1011 10110001 1111111111 11111110111 111001 1001 10100111 1011 1011 10110001 1101 1101 1111101 1111 1101 11100111 1101111011 11011110011 111001 1001 1111111 1011 1011 10110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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